Franconia
Franconia is a region of northern Bavaria, a state of Germany. Within Franconia are the historically important city of Nuremberg, the UNESCO World Heritage town of Bamberg, and a huge range of outdoor activities in the Franconian Switzerland and Franconian lake district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Nuremberg and Erlangen.
Nuremberg
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Nuremberg is Franconia's largest city, and its undisputed economic, social and cultural centre. The city lies on the Pegnitz River and the Main-Danube Canal.
Erlangen
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Erlangen is a city of 120,000 people in Franconia, Germany. It is home to most of the Friedrich-Alexander University and the Siemens company. It grew as a result of settlement of Huguenot refugees from France, and because it was the secondary residence of the margraves of Ansbach Bayreuth.
Würzburg
Würzburg or Wuerzburg is in Franconia, in northern Bavaria, Germany. It is the largest city in the Lower Franconia region, famous throughout Germany for its wine and as the northern end of the Romantic Road.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Middle Franconia and Upper Franconia.
Middle Franconia
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Middle Franconia is the southernmost, central and most urbanized part of Franconia in Germany. Its heart is the urbanized area around Nuremberg Fürth and Erlangen but there are also delightful Bierkeller or natural attractions in its rural parts.
Upper Franconia
Upper Franconia is an administrative region of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia, the others being Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia, which are all part of Bavaria.
Lower Franconia
Lower Franconia is a region in the state of Bavaria in Germany. The scenic attractions of the River Main including the Mainschleife at Volkach and the low mountain ranges of the Rhön with the spa town Bad Kissingen and of the Spessart with Mespelbrunn Castle belong to the major tourist attractions.
Franconia
- Type: region
- Description: cultural region of Germany in Bavaria
- Also known as: “Franken”
- Location: Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
49.74° or 49° 44′ 24″ northLongitude of center
10.77° or 10° 46′ 12″ eastWikidata ID
Q150907
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Franconia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Franke”
- Albanian: “Franken”
- Albanian: “Frankonia”
- Albanian: “Landesteile Franken”
- Arabic: “فرانكونيا”
- Arabic: “فرنكونيا”
- Aragonese: “Franconia”
- Armenian: “Ֆրանկոնիա”
- Basque: “Frankonia”
- Bavarian: “Frangn”
- Bavarian: “Frankn”
- Belarusian: “Франконія”
- Breton: “Franken”
- Bulgarian: “Франкония”
- Catalan: “Francònia”
- Chinese: “弗兰肯”
- Chinese: “法兰克尼亚”
- Chinese: “法蘭克尼亞”
- Chuvash: “Франкони”
- Croatian: “Frankonija”
- Czech: “Franky”
- Danish: “Franken”
- Dutch: “Franconie”
- Dutch: “Franconië”
- Dutch: “Franken”
- Esperanto: “Frankonio”
- Esperanto: “Frankonujo”
- Estonian: “Frangimaa”
- Finnish: “Franconia”
- Finnish: “Franken”
- French: “Franconie”
- Galician: “Franconia”
- Georgian: “ფრანკონია”
- German: “Franken”
- German: “Freistaat Franken”
- German: “Freystaat Franken”
- Greek: “Φραγκονία”
- Greek: “Φρανκονία”
- Hebrew: “פרנקוני”
- Hebrew: “פרנקוניה”
- Hungarian: “Frankföld”
- Indonesian: “Franconia”
- Irish: “An Fhrancóin”
- Italian: “Franconi”
- Italian: “Franconia”
- Japanese: “フランケン地域”
- Japanese: “フランケン地方”
- Korean: “프랑켄”
- Latin: “Franconia”
- Latvian: “Frankija”
- Lithuanian: “Frankonija”
- Lithuanian: “Frankonijos istorija”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Frankonija”
- Macedonian: “Франконија”
- Malay: “Franken”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Franken”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Franken”
- Norwegian: “Franken”
- Persian: “فرانکونی”
- Persian: “فرانکونیا”
- Polish: “Franken”
- Polish: “Frankonia”
- Portuguese: “Francónia”
- Portuguese: “Francônia”
- Romanian: “Franconia”
- Romanian: “Franken”
- Russian: “Франкония”
- Serbian: “Frankonija”
- Serbian: “Франконија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Frankonija”
- Slovenian: “Frankonija”
- Slovenian: “Frankovska”
- Slovenian: “Frankovsko”
- Spanish: “Franconia”
- Swedish: “Franken”
- Swiss German: “Franke”
- Thai: “Franconia”
- Thai: “ดยุคแห่งฟรังโคเนีย”
- Thai: “ฟรังโกเนีย”
- Thai: “ฟรังโคเนีย”
- Thai: “แฟรงโคเนีย”
- Thai: “อาณาจักรดยุคแห่งฟรังโคเนีย”
- Tosk Albanian: “Franken”
- Turkish: “Frankonya”
- Ukrainian: “Франконія”
- Upper Sorbian: “Franken”
- Upper Sorbian: “Frankowska”
- Upper Sorbian: “Frankska”
- Venetian: “Francònia”
- Vietnamese: “Franken”
- Volapük: “Frankän”
- Western Frisian: “Franken”
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